The Tale of Despereaux (2004)
2004 Newbery Award Medal Winner
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23-10074
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$11.99
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Winner of the 2004 Newbery Medal
Kate DiCamillo introduces a hero for all time!
Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who's in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It's also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in the darkness and covets a world filled with light. And it's the story of Miggery Sow, a slow-witted serving girl who harbors a simple, impossible wish. These three characters are about to embark on a journey that will lead them down into a horrible dungeon, up into a glittering castle, and, ultimately, into each others lives. And what happens then? As Kate DiCamillo would say: Reader, it's your destiny to find out.
From the master storyteller who brought us Because of Winn-Dixie comes another classic full of quirky, unforgettable characters. A fairy tale of adventure, despair, love, and soup, featuring twenty-four stunning black and white illustrations by Timothy Basil Ering, in an elegant design that pays tribute to the best in classic children's books and bookmaking traditions.
Kate DiCamillo introduces a hero for all time!
Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who's in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It's also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in the darkness and covets a world filled with light. And it's the story of Miggery Sow, a slow-witted serving girl who harbors a simple, impossible wish. These three characters are about to embark on a journey that will lead them down into a horrible dungeon, up into a glittering castle, and, ultimately, into each others lives. And what happens then? As Kate DiCamillo would say: Reader, it's your destiny to find out.
From the master storyteller who brought us Because of Winn-Dixie comes another classic full of quirky, unforgettable characters. A fairy tale of adventure, despair, love, and soup, featuring twenty-four stunning black and white illustrations by Timothy Basil Ering, in an elegant design that pays tribute to the best in classic children's books and bookmaking traditions.
Specifications
ISBN: 9780763617226
Grade Level: 2-7
Age Range: 7-12
Format: Hardcover
Page Count: 272
Publish Year: 2003
Publisher/Imprint: Random House, Inc./Candlewick Press
Awards: Newbery Medal Winner, Apples Book Award - Children’s List, Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader’s Choice Award in the Junior Division, Massachusetts Children’s Book Award, Midwest Booksellers’Choice Award - Honorable mention, Garden State Children’s Book Award (New Jersey), Sequoyah Award (Oklahoma), Maine Student Book Award Winner, Golden Archer Award (Wisconsin), Great Lakes’Great Books Award, Rhode Island Children’s Book Award, Chapman Awards for Best Classroom Read-Alouds, Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern CA Distinguished Books, Chicago Public Library Best Books for Children and Teens, Pennsylvania School Librarians Assoc - YA Top 10 Fiction Titles, Children’s Literature Choices, Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award Master List, NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) Notable Children’s Book, USA Today, in.Top 150 Best-selling Books in. List, Anita Shreve, author of THE PILOT’S WIFE, New England Book Show Winner, ALA Notable Children’s Books, Parents’Choice Awards Silver Honor, Child’s Best of the Year, Nick Jr. Family Magazine Best Books of the Year, Booklist Editors’Choice, Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year, Book Sense 76 - Top 10
Author: Kate DiCamillo
Illustrator: Timothy Basil Ering
Dimensions: 8-1/4 in.H x 6-1/8 in.W
Grade Level: 2-7
Age Range: 7-12
Format: Hardcover
Page Count: 272
Publish Year: 2003
Publisher/Imprint: Random House, Inc./Candlewick Press
Awards: Newbery Medal Winner, Apples Book Award - Children’s List, Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader’s Choice Award in the Junior Division, Massachusetts Children’s Book Award, Midwest Booksellers’Choice Award - Honorable mention, Garden State Children’s Book Award (New Jersey), Sequoyah Award (Oklahoma), Maine Student Book Award Winner, Golden Archer Award (Wisconsin), Great Lakes’Great Books Award, Rhode Island Children’s Book Award, Chapman Awards for Best Classroom Read-Alouds, Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern CA Distinguished Books, Chicago Public Library Best Books for Children and Teens, Pennsylvania School Librarians Assoc - YA Top 10 Fiction Titles, Children’s Literature Choices, Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award Master List, NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) Notable Children’s Book, USA Today, in.Top 150 Best-selling Books in. List, Anita Shreve, author of THE PILOT’S WIFE, New England Book Show Winner, ALA Notable Children’s Books, Parents’Choice Awards Silver Honor, Child’s Best of the Year, Nick Jr. Family Magazine Best Books of the Year, Booklist Editors’Choice, Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year, Book Sense 76 - Top 10
Author: Kate DiCamillo
Illustrator: Timothy Basil Ering
Dimensions: 8-1/4 in.H x 6-1/8 in.W